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BANDON........................... OREGON
Ton can’t lose Aunt Carrie Nation i
tn a little country like Europe.
The hen 1» a Gol-glveu institution;
void storage is the invention of were
man.
Of course, remarkable thinks will
keep on happening. President Castro
has agreed to pay a debt.
As a discreet diplomat Mr. Wu should
be in no great haste to get back to
the vicissitudes of official life in China.
The Atlanta Constitution claims for
the moonshiner the distinction of dis­
covering the real utility of cobless corn.
It is no longer necessary for nervous
Prof. Ferrero Is right in thinking
persons. Indore retiring, to look under
that
Christopher Columbus had no idea
the bed for a Japanese fleet of war­
of
what
would result from his expedi­
ships.
tion as lie turned ills vessels westward
John D. Rockefeller gave a 5-cent tip across the unknown waters. The pro
to a waiter. Johnnie, being the rich­ motors, jmets and playwrights of tlie»
est man in the world, can afford to do Eliza bet Inin age were wont to picture
"Virginia” as a land of golden plenty.
a thing like that.
The streets were paved with glittering
8otne people are so unreasonable that dust. About all that was necessary, in
they can’t hear of a canal without in­ their fancy, was to strike the rock and
sisting that there must be a scandal streams of gold would burst forth. The
Spanish explorers found In the lands
connected with it.
of the Incas and Aitec« surer realiza­
A Philadelphia editor has discovered tion of .such visions than the English­
that kissing is a cure for the freckles. men did In their colonies. But no
In Washington, there is no need of that dreams of Raleigh. Cortez or Chain­
plain ever were so extravagant in their
hypocritical excuse.
.
exuberant richness as the actualities
A New York plumber has eloped with which the Europe of to-day sees when
a woman wiio Is worth half a million the eyes are turned toward America.
dollars. In this instance it is not to The galleons which once tilled the war
be expected that he will go back for any chest of a Spanish sovereign benefited
materials.
few with their golden cargo. The swift
sailing steamers iff to-day scatter Amer­
It will not be necessary for fourth­ ican gold over a continent when their
class postmasters to read all the postal mall bags are opened on the eastern
cards passing through their bands be­ shore of the Atlantic. The New York
fore they can pass a civil service ex­ postofllce. through which the European
amination.
money order business passes, reports
For one ancient Chinese rug J. Pier­ outgoing orders numbering 432,875 dur­
ing the month of December. They rep­
pont .Morgan is reported to have paid
$75,(X)0. This Indicates again what resent on aggregate of $5,040,1520.21.
Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Austria,
foresight and economy early in life will
Germany, Hungary, Russia, Greece and
permit later on.
France are the principal beneficiaries in
amounts
ranging from nearly $1100,000
The Haitian congress unanimously
elected General Simon president. We In the first Instance to $40,000 In the
truBt that the fact that the general had last. It was the Christmas greeting of
a victorious army at the front door prosperous America to the home lands
across the sea. This sort of thing goes
had nothing to do with the case.
on all the time, being emphasized in
It seems to be the consensus of opin­ December. More money goes with the
ion that diving is cheaper abroad, but thousands of travelers who visit the
that money is harder to make. There same countries every year. It is a tre­
never was a rose without a thorn, but mendous drain upon Uncle Sam. But
perhaps Luther Burbank will be able he can afford it. What Europe would
do without the bountiful offerings of Its
to make one some day.
children In America is hard to imagine.
Having become a preacher, Pat Crowe No, Christopher Columbus laid no idea
•ays: ’Til-gotten gold brings no happi­ of the results of his epoch making
ness.” He is not able, though, to back voyage.
up his assertion with testimonials from
the officials of the coal and meat trusts.
Somebody says “kissing will remove
treckies." Anyhow, it Is worth trying.
One of the many great pieces of en­
gineering which some of us will perhaps
live to see Is a canal across Florida by
which ocean traffic from the Gulf to
the Atlantic will be saved the journey
through the Strait of Florida. The
project, which has long been urged, Is
now favored by the Gulf Coast Inland
Waterway Association.
Dobell's Solution.
Mr. Wu Ting-fang recently expressed
the opinion that If the world spoke one
language, peace would prevail, and the
same Idea has been urged by advocates
of Esperanto. But the experience of
this country Is contrary to that Idea,
for our two most important wars were
fought between men of the same speech.
The idea has little practical value, any­
how. It Is like the declaration of the
ditch-digger that if he had eight million
dollars he would have a longer handle
on fils pick. Universal peace Is much
more likely than a universal language.
mesäna ; the beautiful
such esses as a matter of right and
public fiolicy. How far apfieals by the
fffoHecutton can go without running up
against the constitutional snag of “dou­
ble jeopardy” is a question for grave
and learned lawyers in and out of con-
gress. Tlie layman knows thia funda­
mental fact—that convicted offenders
have too many privileges of appeal un­
der existing law, while the people have
few or none. If the people’s right of
appeal can be extended ft ought to be, |
for the interests of the people are the
interests of Justice and equal freedom.
Time was when "the government"
meant class rule and oppression. To
limit the government’s right of appeal
was to protect the individual. Today,
lti democracies, “the people rule," and
to limit unduly their servants’ right of
appeal Is to put a premium upon the
oppressive use of corporate or financial
power, to shield certain sets of wrong­
doers, to give technicality and sophistry
a decided advantage over principle and
merit.
The Doliell'a solution formula, used
by specialists In diseases of the nose
and throat, is prepared as follows:
Sodlhm borate, sodium bicarbonate, of
each, half ounce; phenol, fourteen
grains; glycerine, one fluid ounce. Add
water enough to make thirty-two fluid
ounces. This may be used a« a douche,
gargle or spray.
Erysipelas.
Good results are secured In cases of
erysh>eJas by applying cloths wet with
a saturated solution of magnesium sul­
phate or epsom salts. Saturate several
Even in this country, where the work­ thicknesses of gauze with it, spread
man Is so accustomed to seeing the old upon the affected parts and renew sev
methods replaced by now, there Is not oral times in twenty-four hours.
always an Intelligent appreciation of
The SeamMrraoea.
the value of proposed Improvements.
Not
long
ago. In one of the beautiful
And many of the arguments advanced
public
gardens
of Vienna, a seamstress
in opposition to progress are little bet­
ter than those of the woman who is re­ found herself sitting beside a quiet,
ported to have said, whim advised that plainly dressci woman who was sewing.
n substitute fqr whalebone had "been They got into conversation on domestic
discovered and was likely entirely to matters, the London Dally News stntcs.
displace the old material, ‘‘What will nnd very soon were telling each other
the floor whales do for a living?” Of how they made their own drosses and
course. It Is apparent to all now that those of their children, also.
"I like to keep busy with that kind of
the final result of Improvements Intro­
duced lias been to elevate the standards work,” said the seamstress.
“So do I.” agreed the other. “It is a
of the work lugmen themselves, and
that In opposing this progress they were great pleasure.”
Then, as confidences were lu order,
working not only against the interests
of the public generally, but against the seamstress continued:
"My husband is a good man.”
their own mb outage.
“So Is mine,” responded the other
“Mine works at the railway station,
Congress has already enacted a sta­
as
his father did before him," the work­
tute conferring on the government the
right of appeal on questions of law and ing woman went on. "My own father
construction In certain criminal cases. was a wood carver. What Is yours?”
“My father Is Francis Joseph.” said
The object of that legislation was not
the
other, very simply.
tc permit reversals of verdicts, but to
She
was. In fact, the Emperor of
settle authoritatively constitutional
Austria's
daughter, the Archdochess
questions for tlie guidance of lower
Gisela,
wife
of Prince Leopold, son of
courts In subsequent cases. Now the
tile
Regent
of
Bavaria, who Is famous
Attorney General recommends an
ns the most democratic nnd unostentatl
anierdinent giving the government the oun of European royalties.
right of apfM'al in cases where verdicts
are reversed by circuit courts. The
Proud.
great “$20,f 4X1,000 oil tine case" Is cited
Each year the duchess had her apart­
■a a striking Illustration of the need of ments gone over, and the fl<»or of her
such nn ninei dmeiit. Here the supreme boudoir freshly spread with $20,000.
court may or may not entertain an ap­
“I have never dressed on less I” her
peal. but there Is no renson why the grace was wont to declare, haughtily,
people slioul 1 lie defamilent on discre­ with all the flue pride of her Ameri­
tion. They are entitled to appeal in can extraction.—Puck.
,
city
S icilian
or
ríeiirr
Messina, Sicily, which lies in ruins from tlie effects of the recent quake,
was, next to Palermo, the most Important city in Sicily. It Is situated in
the northwest corner qf the island, on the Strait of Messina. The outskirts
and environs are delightful, affording magnificent views of tlie sea, as well
as of Mount Etna. On the west lose the former fort of Castellaccio, and
not far away to the south is Fort Gonzaga, on a historic spot. The new
Campo Santo was beautiful, with its graceful Greek colonnades and wonder­
ful views. Tlie Telcgrato—the summit of a pass near Messina—was much
visited for Its scenery. Here was supposed to be Charybdis of the familiar
legend, opposite Scilla, on the Calabrian coast.
Messina is a town of great antiquity, its foundation being ascribed to
ptrntes from Cumae in the eighth century II. C„ when It was known as Zancle
(a sickle), in allusion to the shape of its harbor. The town was occupied
by fugitives from Samos and Miletus, and it soon after passed to Anaxilas,
the tyrant of Rheghium, who introduced there Messenians from the
Peloponnesus, by whom the name of the city was changed to Messina. After
the death of Anaxilas, Messina became a republic and maintained that status
until its destruction by the Carthagenians during their wars with Dionysius
The desire of knowledge Is a wholly
praiseworthy ambition, but it should
be gratified by reflection as well as by
experiment. The first electric telegraph
In Persia was put In operation by the
English government, and T. S. Ander­
son was sent out as superintendent of
the line in the earlier yours of its ser­
vice. At that time the Persians knew
nothing of electricity. In his book,.
“My Wanderings in Persia,” Mr. Ander­
son tells how oue inquisitive citizen of
that land gained his first impression of
tills wonderful force in nature. The
occasion offered was the bringing of an
Invitation to a marriage feast at the
house of the local governor.
The old governor himself brought the
Invitation. He was accompanied by a
few of the principal villagers, whose
black eyes beamed with curiosity as
they wandered from one object to an­
other In my cozy little bungalow. An
English clock, my rifle, and a few pic­
ture« hanging on the mud walls were
themes of hushed conversation. A
large medicine chest and the tele­
graphic apparatus were, to their af­
frighted minds, objects of mystic
majarty.
One. more courageous than the rest,
yet with apparent timidity, crossed the
room to where the apparatus stood, and
cautiously examined the screws and
brass work of the battery connections.
Emboldened by success, he ventured
with both hands to prosecute his search
after knowledge more minutely. For
some time he did not happen to touch
more than one terminal. At last, how­
ever, thinking probably that he had lie-
come considerably advanced In the sci­
ence of electricity, he grasped with both
hands the two screws from which flows
the electric current. A sudden yell
from tlie pursuer of knowledge and a
burst of laughter from me were the
next Items of the program.
,
The man, rather crestfallen, resumed
his sent, and In nn awestricken tone
told his companions of the numerous
stars which he bad seen nnd of the ter­
rible bite Xvhlch lie had received at tlie
moment when lie touched those curious
bits of brass.
In vain did I endeavor to convince
them that the “bite" was nothing mor<>
th in the combined action of two metals
linniersi d In a fluid. The one who was
a victim to his own Inquisitive mind
firmly believes io tills day that the bat­
tery box is tenanted by genii. In whom
he Persians have great credulity.
of Virginia, great things are going on.
Charles II. Coehalls, an American en­
gineer who was assistant to Capt. Eads
when the latter opened the mouth of
the Mississippi and made New Orleans
a great shipping port by deepening the
channel in the river, is at work there
on a similar project that is to cost
$40,000,000.
“lie Is to deepen the channel Into a
lagoon so that the largest ships can
enter. It is tills province that Germany
has been casting covetous eyes on for
years. In the interior Americans are
building a number of railroads. One is
at the head of the Amazon, running
around the falls up there and cutting
across forests, In which white men have
never been seen before, to the richest
gold fields in the world. Americans are
also building new street car lines In
Rio Janeiro.
"Word has reached Buenos Ayres
that numbers of fine race horses are to
be shipped front here there because of
the pew repressive laws In the United
States. One of the men who has been
making Inquiries Is Col. Milton Yoiing
of Kentucky. Argentina certainly wants
these men and the horses and it would
not surprise me if thy government of­
fered some financial Inducement for
them to come there.
"The country is agricultural, growing
about everything that is cultivated in
tlie United States. Large numbers of
horses are also raised and »acfng is
one of the national sports. The city Is
the largest Spanish-speaking metropolis
in the world, the population being near­
ly 2.000,000. It is a cosmopolitan and
commercial city, with Jill the hustle and
hustle that distinguishes the busy cities
of the United States."
BRYCE GIVEN HONOR.
of Syracuse at the beginning of the fourth century B. C. It was rebuilt by
Dionysius, but soon fell again into the bauds of thu Carthagenians, who were
finally expelled by Timoleon in 343 B. C.
During the war between Agathocles of Syracuse and Carthage, Messina
sided with the Carthagenians. The first Punic war left Messina in the pos­
session of Rome, and the town subsequently attained considerable commercial
Importance. In A. D. 831 the town was taken by the Saracens, and in 1001
was conquered by the Normans. The town became a flourishing sent of trade
In the middle ages and received important privileges from Charles I. of
Spain, which added greatly to its prosperity. During the struggle between
the aristocratic faction, or merli, and the democratic faction, or mavlzzl, the
Senate, in 1674, appealed for aid to the French, who occupied the city, but
soon abandoned it, after having defeated the combined fleet of Spain and
Holland. Left In the bands of the Spaniards, the city was deprived of Its
political liberties nnd soon 'ost its commercial Importance. The plaftne of
1743 and the earthquake of 1783 carried off a considerable part of Its popu­
lation. In I860 the place was occupied by Garibaldi and I11 1861 it became
a part of united Italy.
FACTS ABOUT POOR SICILY.
The largest Island in the Mediterra­
nean Sea. A part of the kingdom of
Italy.
Of triangular shape, and has an area
of about 9.700 square miles.
Population was 2,927,901 in 1891, and
3,529,260 in 1901,
Traversed throughout its entire
length by a chain of mountains.
Mt. Etna, near the eastern shore,
rises 10,750 feet.
On the north and east the coasts are
steep and well indented, affording sev­
eral good harbors.
On the west and south the coasts are
flat and unfavorable to navigation.
The rivers are mostly short and
swift, and generally dry up during the
summer.
There are many sulphur and other
mineral springs, which were famous
resorts in ancient times.
Temperature is moderate and seldom
falls below the freezing point.
Summers are almost rainless and the
sirocco, a wind from Africa, brings in­
tolerable dry heat.
The interior is almost entirely de­
forested.
Principal ’source of tlie world's sup­
ply of sulphur, which is the chief min­
eral wealth.
Exports of sulphur amount to eight
to ten million dollars a year.
Rock salt and asphalt largely pro­
duced for export.
Once the "granary of Italy,” and ag­
riculture is still the main Industry.
Methods primitive.
Extensive cultivation of the vine,
almonds, olives, oranges, lemons, beans
nnd sumach.
Deep sea fisheries give employment
to more than 20.000 persons.
Condition of large numbers of the
laboring classes, particularly in the sul­
phur Industry. Is deplorable.
Railway lines have a total length of
nlmut 1,000 miles.
Elementary schools Inadequate, but
higher education Is provided for I11 col­
leges at Palermo, Messina and Satanta.
Syracuse, now n heap of ruins, was
in the time of Cicero pronounced by
him the most beautiful of all cities.
Regret«.
AMERICANS IN BRAZIL.
rh<*r Ace M-iklnir Great Iniproie-
menta In ltl*> Granite Do SnI.
city , destroyed by earthquake .
THE HU.HT HOM. JAMES BRYCE.
William C. Dudley, of Brazil. Is at
James Bryce, British Ambassador to
I'm New Willard II tel. mid he brings the United States, was recently elected
!: f Tin itlon of remarkable . 'ndustrl.il president’ of the American Political
lev 'lopmcnt here under the leadership! Science Association, succeeding Fred­
•7 Am. ri an engineers mi l business! erick N. Judson of 8"t. Louis.
"In Rio Grande do Sill." said be.
We wish we could hear of a woman
•11 Is otte oi the richest stati s In
' -nd whh ii I» In tic tempi rate . win. knowing the men, was sat tailed
«
■„
.1» climate bela; «imitar tu that! wl»b tlnvu.
Oh, if we bad only saved those
coupons our tobacconist gave us dur­
ing the year, hoarded up our soap
wrappers; kept our tea tickets; hung
onto our trading stamps, we might even
now be doing our Christmas shopping
with the aid of a premium list, and
who can tell what valuable pieces of
cut glass.’ «liverware, .furniture and
tjrlc-a-brpc we might have t>een able
to distribute on Dec. 25th? Already
we have seen an elegant lithographed
fish set that we could have had for
500 coupons, a swell picture of a bunch
of grajies. flt for any one's dining
room, for only seventy-five tea tickets,
and our soap wrapjiers would have
purchased for us a licrry a'poon that
would l(Jbk a» though it had been
bought in a real jewelry store. Verily,
we are a thoughtless nnd a short-sight-
•d cu««.—Detroit Free Priss.
•
NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES
AND LIVES THEY CLAIMED.
Notable earthquakes have taken a
million lives since 1137, uh follows :
Place.
Year.
Catania, Sicily ............. .1137
S'j ria .............................. . 1158
Cilicia ............................ .1268
Naples ........................... .1456
Lisbon............................ . 1531
Naples............................ .162(1
Ragusa .......................... .1667
Schaouiki ...................... .1672
Port Royal, Jamaica.... .1692
Sicily ............................. .1693
Aquila, Italy ................. .17(13
.ledilo, Tokio ................. .1793
Abruzzi, Italy ............... .1706
Algiers ........................... .1716
Palermo ......................... .1726
China ............................. .1731
Naples ........................... .1732
Lima and Callao............. .1746
Grand Cairo ................. .1754
Raschau, Persia
. 1755
Fez, Morocco................. .1755
Sjria .............................. .1759
Mnrtinico ......................
Tnuris ............................ .1780
Calabria ........................ . 1783
Bolivia .......................... .1797
Naples ........................... .1805
Rutili, India ................. .1819
Aleppo ........................... . 1822
Murcia, Spain ........... .1828
Canton, China............... .1830
Calabria ........................ .1835
Martinique .................... .1839
Cape Ilnytien, San Do-
mingo .........................
Point au Pitre, Guadaloup.1843
Great Sanger................. .1856
Calabria, Italy............... .1857
Quito ............................. .1859
Erzeroum, Asia Minor... . 1859
Mendoza. South America .18(51
Manila ........................... 18(53
Mitylene ........................ . 1867
Peru nnd Ecuador......... .1867
Santander, Colombia ... 1875
Scio ........................ .
.1882
Cashmere ...................... .1885
The Riviera ................... .1887
Yunnan, China ............. .1888
Valparaiso. Chile ......... .1906
San Francisco .............. .190ft
Kingston, Jamaica ....... .1907
Total .............................
Lives
Ix>st.
15,000
20,000
(50,000
40,000
80,000
70.000
5,000
80.(MM)
3,000
100,000
5,000
2(Ml,0(M)
15,000
20.000
6,000
100.000
1.900
18.000
40,000
40,000
50,000
2,000
20,000
1,000
45.000
25,000
4O.(MM)
6.000
2.000
20,000
6,000
6.000
1.000
700
5.000
5,000
3,000
10.000
5,000
6.000
7.000
1.000
1,000
25,000
14.000
4,000
3,000
2.300
4.000
1,500
452
1,100
1,102,552
Parent«’ Hair* and Heirs.
It is ¡sisslble to predict from the hair
of parents the form of their children's
hair. Two blue eyed, straight haired
parents will have only blue eyed,
straight haired children. Two wavy
haired parents may have straight,
wavy or curly haired children, but the
chances of curly hair- are slight Two
curly haired parents may have chil­
dren with either straight, wavy or
urly hair, but the proportion of curly
haired offspring, will probably be target
—American Naturalist.
SntlMflcd.
She—And when lie struck you on th.
one cheek did you turn to him the
other?
He—No; what was the use? It hurt
all over my face.— Yonkers Statesman.
After a woman has talked about «0
long her bunband is anxious to turn off
the gas.